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NEW  YORK  MCMXIII 

E.    P.    DUTTON    &    COMPANY 


Printed  in  England 


CONTENTS. 

1.  Amurath  and  Amurazzle. 

2.  Mr.  Asquith  in  Office. 

J.  Dawning  of  a  Horrid  Doubt. 

4.  "The  Rising  Hope  of  the  Siern,   Unbending  Tories." 

J.  On  Circuit. 

6.  Mr.  Joseph  Pennell,  thinking  oj  the  old  'un. 

7.  Rentrie  of  Mr.   George  Moore. 

8.  Mr.  Bernard  Shaw. 

g.  Some  Ministers  of  the  Crown. 

10,  Sir  Edward  Carson. 

It.  Signor  U Annunzio. 

12.  Mr.  [ohn  Masefield. 

/J.  The  Torch. 

14.  M.  Rodin. 

/J".  Lord  Lottdonderry  and  Others. 

16.  Sir  Edgar  Speyer. 

jy.  Sir  Edward  Grey. 

18.  Mr.   Charles  Brookfield. 

ig.  A  Loathsome  Proposal. 

20.  Mr.   George  Grossmith. 

21.  Lord  Charles  Beresford. 

22.  Mr.  Lloyd  George  and  his  Guardian. 
2j.  Lord  Rosebery. 

24.  Cecils  in  Conclave. 

2_S.  Mr.   Thomas  Hardy. 


CONTENTS— continued. 

zb.  Girth. 

zy.  M.  Rostand. 

z8.  Mr.  Reginald  McKenna. 

zg.  Lord  Alexander  Thynne. 

30.  Almost  like  Simony. 

31.  Lord  Chesterfield. 

32.  Cold-Shouldered  Yet. 

33.  Herr  Hauptmann. 

34.  Suck  Good  '' Copy." 
3§,  Signor  Caruso. 

36.  Mr.  Balfour — A  Frieze. 

3J.  A  Milestone. 

38.  Evenings  in  Printing  House  Square. 

3g,  Colonel  Seeley. 

40.  Members  of  the  Academic  Comvtittee, 

41.  Leaders  of  Cashmiote  Society. 

42.  Annual  Banquet. 

43.  Mr.  Roger  Fry. 

44.  A  Study  in  Democratic  Assimilation. 
4J,  The  Twentieth  Century. 

46.  Dons  of  Magdalen. 

4y.  Are  we  as  welcome  as  ever? 

45.  Duties  ajui  Diversions  of  this  sweeter,  simpler  Reign. 
4g.  Mr.  Henry  Chaplin. 

jro.  Lord  Lansdowne. 


AilURATH 


Mr.  Balfour  :    "  U^hat  virtuosity       How  sure,  Jumt  firm  a  touch  : 
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MR.  ASQUITH  IS  Of  PICK 

Come  one,  come  all,  this  rock  shall  /ly 

F"       ■■     •"   .      '■;j«  as  soon  as  /." 


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Daivning  of  a  horrid  doubt  as  to  the  Divine  Ri£ht. 


"THE  RISING  HOPE  OF  THE  STERN  UNBENDING  TORIES,"  LORD  BALSBURY 

Lord  Alverstone  (to  Mr.  F.  E.  Smith):    "  Exj^rto  crcde,  my  young  friend.  If  you  chtrisk, 
for  no  matter  h<nu  remote  a  future,  hopes  of  the  Woolsack,  put  them  from  you" 


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Mr.  Justice  Darling  (to  his  Marshal):    "Ok,  and  get  some  belli  sewn 
on  this  cap,  will  ymt  ?  " 


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Mr.  Josep' 


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B£Mi,Jt.c.  uF  MR.   GEORGE  MOORE  INTO  CHELSEA 

Model  :    "  Ought  to  be  as/tamed  o'  yerself— coming  an'  taking  tkt  bread 
out  d  us  poor  girfs'  mouths,' 


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MR.  BERXARD  SHAW 

jif:7d  surprise  of  one  'mIio,  revisiting  England  after  long  absence,  finds  that  the 

dear  fellow  has  not  moved. 


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spare  pounds  to  invest,  implore  Sir  liu/us  Isaacs  to  teil  tke>n  if  ke  knows  t/any  stocks 
vjhich  tluy  could  lniy:v7:kout  /ear  of  ultimate  profit. 


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SIJi  EDWARD   VARSVy 


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A  swear-word  in  a  rustic  stunt 

A  sitnplc  snvear-word  is  to  sotve 

To  Masctield  sometkini;  inorc 


Mr.  Winston  Chukchill):    ^' Goini 
Whynot  one  of  your  Pathtf's^" 


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Lord  lAmdonderry  and  Lord  Curzon  explaining  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  a.  joki 
of  Mr,  Goise's. 


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I  AMES'S  PALACE 
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the  Modem  Drama. 


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A   LOATHSOME  PROPOSAL 

Mf.  Archer  (Hon.  Sec.  of  Reformed  Speliiog  League);  "/  want  to  rip  you  up 
and  hack  you  about  and  then  seiv  you  together  again  on  an  entirely 
tieiv  system." 

Muse  of  the  English  Language  :    "  Ok  f    May  I  ask  zvhy  * 

Mr.   Archer:    "  To  please  Mr.  Andrctv  Carnegie.''' 


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evattces  %vith  national  despairs, 
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Mr.  Lloyd  Ceore^e  and  his  Gtiardlnns. 


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LORD  nOSEBEKY 


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fiardy  composirig  a  lyric. 


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Du  Maurier):  "Stick  to  the  qui 
be  Just  the  satne  presently-' 


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Mr.    Ha.ro: 


ALilOiV  LIZE  SIMOIfy 

oik    to    receive,   even  from    Sir   IVilliam    Robertson    Nicoli, 
fayntent  for  such  work  as  his. 


LOSD  CHESTEBflELD 


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COLD-SHOVLPEIiED    YET 

Mk.    Bonar  Law  (to  Tariff  Reform):  "Jfs  a  gvee-er  ihin^,   laddie,   but   iktrt's 
evidently  a  sor-ri  of  a  somc^uhat  about  yc  that  dcc     >.:  '  .'■.  /."/■;        ifldence." 


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SUCH  GOOD  "COl'T" 


Our  Yellow  Press:  "  AoA,  light  up  yer  torch  and  come  along,  Bellona, 
do !    Hin^lanJ  and  Germany's  got  to  fie:ht  it  aht  I ' 


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LORD  LANSDOWNE 


Richard  Clay  and  Sons,  Limited, 

brunswick  street,  stamford  street,  s.e. 

and  bungay,  suffolk 


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